The annual St Patrick’s Day Parade is back in South Boston Sunday, returning to its traditional 3.5-mile route.
The neighborhood, a longstanding Irish enclave, has hosted the parade since 1901. The parade also celebrates Evacuation Day, marking the day when British troops left the city for good during the American Revolution on March 17, 1776.
Massachusetts might be the second most Irish state in the country, but Boston is still ranked the number one city in America to celebrate the Celtic festivity. The weekend highlights include four nights of the Dropkick’ iconic Irish-inspired music and a South Boston Boys and Girls Club Road Race.
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<h3>Here's what you need to know to plan your weekend:</h3><p>Route and closures:<br />The St. Patrick's Day Road Race (11 a.m. kickoff): The 5k begins at the Boys and Girls Club on West Sixth Street at and ends at noon and follows the parade route.<br />The St. Patrick's Day/Evacuation Day Parade (1 p.m. kickoff): Begins at the Broadway T station (red line), moves along West Broadway to East Broadway, before making its way around the Medal of Honor Park and ending at Andrew Square.</p>
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<h3>Parking Restrictions:</h3><p>Parking restrictions will be in place on the following streets starting as early as 5 a.m.:<br />• Dorchester Avenue, both sides [can you change all of these further down please to the lowercase b], from Gillette Park to Old Colony Avenue<br />• Both sides, from Dorchester Street to Damrell Street<br />• Foundry Street, both sides, from Greenbaum Street to Dorchester Avenue<br />• West Second Street, Both sides, from Dorchester Avenue to A Street<br />• A Street, Both sides, from Binford Street to West Second Street<br />• Binford Street, Both sides, from A Street heading northwesterly to end at 45 Binford Street<br />• West Fourth Street, Both sides, from A Street to Dorchester Avenue<br />• West Broadway, Both sides, from Dorchester Avenue to Dorchester Street<br />• East Broadway, Both sides, from Dorchester Street to P Street<br />• P Street, Both sides, from East Broadway to East Fourth Street<br />• East Fourth Street, Both sides, from P Street to K Street<br />• K Street, Both sides, from East Fourth Street to East Fifth Street<br />• East Fifth Street, Both sides, from K Street to G Street<br />• G Street, Both sides, from East Fifth Street to #96 G Street<br />• Thomas Park, Both sides of southerly arm (opposite normal traffic flow), from G Street to Telegraph Street<br />• Telegraph Street, Both sides, from Thomas Park to Dorchester Street<br />• Dorchester Street, Both sides, from Telegraph Street to Dorchester Avenue<br />• E Street at West Broadway Street on the West Third Street side<br />• L Street at East Broadway on the East Third Street side.<br />• Old Colony Avenue at Dorchester Street on the inbound side</p>
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<p>Parking restrictions for the race start at 9 a.m. on these streets:<br />• West Sixth Street, Both sides, from F Street to Dorchester Street<br />• F Street, Southeast side (odd side – Boys & Girls Club side), West Sixth Street to Bowen Street<br />Getting to the parade<br />The MBTA has an online guide for getting to and from the parade using public transport. Extra MBTA staff and police will be present at MBTA stations throughout the day.
Catholics can eat meat on St. Patrick’s Day. Visit these steakhouses in El Paso
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<p>Catholics can eat meat this St. Patrick's Day, which falls on <strong>Friday</strong>, according to the Diocese of El Paso.<br />Bishop Mark Seitz offers a special dispensation from the obligation to abstain from eating meat for St. Patrick’s Day and the ordination of the first auxiliary bishop of El Paso on <strong>March 31</strong>, according to a diocesan release.<br /><br /><strong>Lent is a 40-day season</strong> of repentance when many Catholics and Christians observe a time of fasting and abstinence. It started on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday,<strong> April 6,</strong> according the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.<br /><strong>Easter is Sunday, April 9</strong>.<br />The diocesan statement said: Canon Law allows bishops to dispense the faithful from universal church laws “whenever he judges that it contributes to their spiritual good.”<br /><br /></p>
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<p>The coincidence of a Friday falling on a special feast day is a reason for a bishop to suspend the obligation.<br />This year, two important events fall on a Friday of Lent. The first one the feast of St. Patrick, and the second one is the ordination of the first auxiliary bishop of El Paso, Rev. Tony Celino.<br /><br />What have dioceses in New York said about eating meat on St. Patrick’s Day this year?<br />Earlier this month, the Archdiocese of New York -- which includes Manhattan, the Bronx, Staten Island and seven neighboring counties -- announced a special dispensation to eat meat on Friday of St. Patrick’s Day. <br />Bishop Robert Brennan of the Diocese of Brooklyn followed with a dispensation of his own on Wednesday. His diocese also includes Queens.<br /><br /></p>
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<p>The dioceses of Buffalo, Ogdensburg, Rochester, Rockville Centre and Syracuse have all offered their own dispensations, with guidance ranging from substituting a different day to abstain from meat or taking on an additional charitable act. The diocese of Albany is the only diocese in the state to not issue a dispensation…yet. <br />Canon law points to one explanation for the discrepancy. According to American Magazine, if St. Patrick is the patron saint of a diocese -- as he is in New York, Boston, Los Angeles and others -- his feast day is considered a solemnity, which takes precedence over the tradition of abstaining from meat. <br />Despite having one of the biggest St. Patrick’s day celebrations and a large Irish population, Chicago is not among the dioceses that claim St. Patrick as their patron saint.<br /><br /></p>
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<h3>When was the last time St. Patrick’s Day fell on a Friday?</h3><p><br />It’s been six years since St. Patrick’s Day last fell on a Friday so it might be easy to forget, but the upcoming dispensation isn’t that groundbreaking. <br />In 2017, at least 80 of the nearly 200 dioceses around the country gave the OK to enjoy corned beef on St. Patrick’s Day during a Friday in Lent, according to Time Magazine.<br />Among those in the tri-state area supporting an exemption back in 2017 were New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan and the diocese of New York, Brooklyn, Rockville Centre and Newark.<br /><br /></p>
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